UM women fall on road to No. 4 N.C. State
Elissa Cunane scored 13 of her 18 points during
No. 4 North Carolina State’s explosive first quarter, and the host beat Miami 78-47 on Sunday.
Kai Crutchfield added 14 points and Jakia BrownTurner and Kayla Jones each had 10 points for N.C. State (8-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Cunane, a junior center, hit three three-pointers in a span of about 51⁄ minutes
2 of the first quarter and finished 7 of 11 from the field. The Wolfpack led 31-11 after the first 10 minutes.
Kelsey Marshall scored 14 points and Taylor Mason had 10 points to lead
Miami (4-2, 1-2), which was playing its first road game.
The Wolfpack bolted to a 16-8 lead in the first five minutes followed by an 8-0 run across the next two minutes. Four N.C. State players hit 3s, and the Wolfpack went 8 of 11 from long range in the first 12 minutes.
It was N.C. State’s final game before its holiday break.
“I just love how we came out,” Wolfpack coach Wes Moore said. “(Our players) are ready to get out of here, I’m sure.”
The margin grew to 48-16 at halftime, the Wolfpack’s largest lead at the break this season. Miami shot 20.7vpercent from the floor as N.C. State allowed its fewest points in a half.
“We thought that just wanting to win was going to be enough and it takes a heck of a lot more preparation and effort than what we showed,” Miami coach Katie Meier said. “We kind of bailed on each other and bailed on the game plan.”
This game, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, was moved up on the schedule when both teams had opponents unavailable because of coronavirus issues.
Miami had scheduled games this month against Stetson, Duke, Georgia Tech and Louisville postponed. The Hurricanes defeated North Carolina in a replacement game last
Monday.
Miami dropped to 3-9 at Reynolds Coliseum.
N.C. State, which was to face Duke on Sunday, has played on every scheduled date on its slate so far, albeit a couple of times against replacement opponents.
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No. 6 Houston 88,
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Alcorn St. 55: Quentin Grimes had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Reggie Chaney added 18 points and six rebounds and host Houston (5-0) overcame the absence of several key plays to rout Alcorn State (0-2). Houston was limited to nine players because of COVID-19 protocols and injuries. The Cougars played without secondleading scorer Marcus Sasser, preseason American American Athletic Conference player of the year Caleb Mills, reserve guards Cameron Tyson and Ryan Elvin and center Caleb Broodo.
No. 9 Creighton 76,
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UConn 74 (OT): Christian Bishop scored 19 points and Creighton (6-2, 2-1 Big East) beat host UConn (3-1, 0-1) in overtime in the Huskies’ return to the Big East. Mitch Ballock added 13 points for the Bluejays, who secured the win with a 9-0 run in the extra period. Marcus Zegarowski had 11 points and eight rebounds. James Bouknight scored a career-high 40 points for the Huskies, who were playing for the first time in 17 days because of coronavirus-related issues. This was UConn’s first Big East game since a 63-59 win over Providence on March 9, 2013, a span of 2,834 days.
No. 11 Texas 77, Ok
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lahoma St. 74: Greg
Brown had 24 points and 14 rebounds, both season highs, and Texas (7-1, 1-0 Big 12) held off Oklahoma State (6-2.0-1). The 11th-ranked Longhorns won their Big 12 opener going into the Christmas break.
No. 19 Rutgers 91,
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No. 13 Illinois 88: Ron Harper Jr. scored 28 points, Jacob Young added 24 and the host Scarlet Knights (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) overcame a double-digit firsthalf deficit to beat the Illini (5-3, 1-1).